Rhapsody of the Seas Review

Best Holiday Ever

Review for the South Pacific Cruise on Rhapsody of the Seas
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Fatjack1
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Dec 2011
Cabin: Interior Stateroom
Traveled with children

My husband and I took our three teenage girls and one niece with us for this experience. I must warn other travellers now. If you are taking someone else's child with you, you are told to get a letter from the parents advising that they give you permission to take their child out of the country. I did this, and the travel agent and cruise line both had a copy and were happy with it....but....Customs wasn't!!! They wanted the letter witnessed by a Justice of the Peace or Police Officer!!! This was our only hiccup and we did get around it in the end, but I was a little worried if they were going to let us take our niece with us.

Time to board the ship - she looked wonderful. I didn't know what to expect - being a nervous sea going person who suffers badly with motion sickness, even waiting on a jetty! But, once we boarded Rhapsody of the Seas, I put on my A$10 travel calm bands on both wrists - wore them continuously for the first 24 hours and I was great - didn't get sick once!!!

Now for the enjoyable bit. We attended the Christmas Cruise to the Pacific Islands visiting Noumea, Port Vila, Mystery Island, Lifou and Isle of Pines.

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Interior Stateroom

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I don't know if I have put the correct inside stateroom, but we were on deck 8, and we were in the middle of the ship both length ways and across (I thought this would be the most stable place for my sea-sickness). It was great. The closet had heaps of room, and there was also room to put our backs on wheels under our bed. There were plenty of drawers available. Our room was 8051. We didn't hear any noise around us at night, nor could we hear our 4 teenage cherubs next door. The rooms were small, but we only slept in them at night. The girls were in room 8053 and for four teenage girls, it was probably a bit small but they weren't going to complain. My only comment was it was strange waking up after a wonderful night's sleep and not knowing what the time was without turning on a light and looking at your watch. Next time, we will book a room with a window just to help the body clock along.

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